The first round of every season is a concentration camp for upsets.
There are even rare scenarios where a strong team gets upset together.
This year's first round of the Premier League is special. There are no strong teams that are upset, but the strong teams are upset.
On August 13, the new Premier League season reignited the war.
The opening match was Blackburn Rovers' home game against Wolves. The score was 1 to 2, and Blackburn Rovers lost.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Liverpool faced the black cat Sunderland at home. As a result, Benítez's team drew with Sunderland one to one away, which was a bit unbelievable.
Torres did not transfer to Chelsea as he did in his previous life, but now he is clearly showing signs of decline and even missed a penalty kick.
Mark Hughes' Queens Park Rangers also played at three points, but this team, which had just poached a corner from Leeds United, was beaten 4-0 by Bolton in their first game after being promoted to the Premier League.
Jonathan Howson, who had high hopes from Mark Hughes, started the game, but his performance was hard to describe.
In the words of host Gary Lineker in [Match of the Day] after the game, "No matter whether Jonathan Howson is highly expected by senior officials or not, but even if the rumors are true, how to make good use of such a young player?
It is also a very profound knowledge.”
A bit of a mouthful, isn't it?
That is to say, whether you use it well or not is your problem, Mark Hughes, and has nothing to do with Gao Shen!
After just playing in the first round, Jonathan Howson almost wore the hat of a parallel importer.
Arsenal was a guest at St. James' Park to challenge Newcastle. As a result, the two sides played for 90 minutes, zero to zero.
In the 76th minute, Gervinho received a red card and was sent off.
That's it?
On the first day of the game, the two strong teams both drew, which was really embarrassing.
At noon the next day, Chelsea challenged Stoke City away. As a result, Villas-Boas' team drew with Stoke City 0-0.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Ferguson's Manchester United drew 1-1 with West Bromwich Albion away from home.
This is simply a crazy rhythm!
The whole English football world is puzzled.
what happened?
The premiere of the new season, is it so unprofessional?
How come you, such a strong team, are unable to work hard?
In the end, I still have to look at my big blue moon.
…
On the evening of August 14th, Manchester Intihad Stadium.
Gao Shen started with an aggressive 433, with a combination of David Silva, Yaya Toure and Rakitic in the midfield. Even during the game, he allowed Yaya Toure to look at the situation beforehand.
Insert.
As it is the first game of the new season, and many previous strong teams have drawn, Gao Shen is really a little worried.
So, before the game, he asked everyone to start steadily.
Don't try to be fast, just be steady and take the lead.
Rogers' Swansea, as a newly promoted team, are barefoot and are not afraid of wearing shoes. In addition, this team's playing style has always been relatively good-looking, so they turned against the visitors at the beginning and launched a wave of attacks against Manchester City.
How cruel?
In the first fifteen minutes, Manchester City's ball possession rate was only 30%!
Even commentator Andy Gray exclaimed: "This season's Premier League promotions are incredible!"
"My God, have you ever seen any Premier League team that can suppress the sophisticated Manchester City in such a embarrassing manner?"
"Only 30% of the ball possession rate is simply outrageous!"
"The key is to have a newly promoted team!"
It's really outrageous.
Manchester City didn't complete a shot until the 23rd minute.
This made the fans at the scene unable to sit still.
Manchester City fans all support the team, and they also know that Manchester City has always played relatively steadily, but tonight it seemed that it was a little too stable.
So, they began to rush restlessly.
Manchester City gradually got used to Swansea's rhythm and gradually stabilized its position.
The advantage in strength allowed Manchester City to gradually reverse the situation and began to steadily suppress Swansea.
The biggest difference between the two teams is that Manchester City's players have really strong personal abilities.
In the 29th minute, Robinho dribbled the ball to the right side of the penalty area and sent a cross. Rakitic stepped in and shot directly from the top right side of the penalty area to beat Swann.
West goal.
One to zero!
Andy Gray immediately exclaimed.
The Manchester City fans at the scene also cheered crazily.
This is the true level of Manchester City, isn't it?
…
After losing the ball, Swansea tried to resist and launch another wave of attacks, but by this time Manchester City was already familiar with his routine and was steadily suppressing their opponents.
Regardless of strength, overall tactics, or on-the-spot command, Swansea has no advantage.
At best, when Swansea players face Manchester City, the players are more excited than their opponents.
But that's it.
Before the end of the first half, Yaya Toure received the ball at the edge of the penalty area and sent a wonderful pass. Van Persie made a single pass in front of the penalty area and sent the ball into the Swansea goal again.
Two to zero!
Clean and neat!
During the halftime break, Gao Shen directly stated that he was extremely dissatisfied with the team's performance in the first half.
"Listen to the reaction of the fans and see how you play?"
The players were all aggrieved.
Boss, it's obviously you who put us in charge, so why are you still blaming us?
"What I'm saying is, seek progress while maintaining stability. You must be stable, but you must also make progress, understand?" Gao Shen certainly guessed what these guys were thinking.
"Anyway, I don't care. If you don't perform well in the second half, I will sacrifice you all to the fans!"
As a result, every Manchester City player was confused.
The second half was like a shot of chicken blood.
Rogers' players originally thought of making another comeback in the second half, but as soon as the whistle blew, the Manchester City players rushed out like wolves, just like tigers descending the mountain, trying to catch Swansea.
A tear.
In the 48th minute, David Silva passed the ball and Robinho's shot from the right side of the penalty area was blocked.
One minute later, Rakitic passed the ball and Yaya Toure broke into the penalty area and missed the ball.
In the 52nd minute, Robinho passed the ball and Rakitic hit the goal from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area and was confiscated by the goalkeeper.
One minute later, Gareth Bale passed the ball from the left and Van Persie's shot was saved by the goalkeeper.
Manchester City's attack was like a gust of wind, bombarding Swansea crazily.
The unlucky swan was roughly restrained by its long neck and let out bursts of screams.
Finally, in the 57th minute, Manchester City made a move.
David Silva broke through with the ball and sent a pass. Gareth Bale hit the goal from the left side of the penalty area. After being saved by the goalkeeper, Van Persie followed up and made a missed shot.
Three to zero!
In the 60th minute, Gao Shen made a substitution and replaced Gareth Bale with Suarez.
The Welshman is a bit injured and didn't perform very well tonight.
David Silva was pulled to the left, and Manchester City changed into a 4-4-2 formation.
Suarez was extremely excited after coming on the field.
In the 68th minute, Leighton Baines from the left made a pass, and Suarez pushed a shot into the empty goal from close range, expanding the score for Manchester City.
Four to zero!
Just three minutes later, Suarez got a chance in the penalty area and picked the ball past the attacking goalkeeper. When the ball almost went out of the baseline, due to his lack of shooting angle, he could only hook the ball back into the goal.
David Silva scored with a push shot.
Five to zero!
After that, Manchester City continued to pursue the game.
In the 87th minute, Yaya Toure sent a pass. After Suarez got the ball and passed the defender, he suddenly shot a cold arrow 25 meters away from the goal and broke through Swansea's goal again.
Six to zero!
The Manchester City fans at the scene had a great time!
Andy Gray also enjoyed it.
"What a hearty, profound and iconic victory!"
…
Rogers felt aggrieved. He looked pitifully at the scoreboard and then at the players on the field. He didn't know how to describe his feelings.
This is completely wrong with the script he envisioned!
In his expectation, the opening wave of attacks should disrupt Manchester City's rhythm, which would affect Manchester City's offensive. Moreover, it was Manchester City's initiative. They would definitely be more anxious, while he would defend and counterattack, waiting for Manchester City to make mistakes.
This seems like an unpopular script.
But Gao Shen didn't follow the script at all.
They scored two goals in the first half and played harder and harder in the second half, without any concern that Swansea was a poor newly promoted team.
Rogers, who once served as Mourinho's assistant coach, is no stranger to the Premier League, but he really underestimated Manchester City.
This team is so strong!
He even began to feel that his passivity during the opening period was probably the result of his own aggressiveness and Manchester City's pursuit of stability. Otherwise, Manchester City would never have been forced into such an embarrassing situation.
When the buzzer sounded at the end of the game, Gao Shen immediately walked to the visiting team's coaching bench and stretched out his hand towards Rogers.
"You taught us a lot tonight," Rogers said bitterly.
Any person or any team will inevitably have problems after being slaughtered by their opponent for six goals.
Especially a newly promoted team like Swansea.
"You started well and had good ideas, but you chose the wrong target and underestimated us." Gao Shen was very honest.
Rogers was stunned for a moment, smiled awkwardly and nodded.
"To be honest, I also watched your coaching in the English Championship and liked it very much. When we get to the Premier League this season, we still have to keep working hard and stick to our own style." Gao Shen encouraged.
Rogers may not be considered a big-name coach. Even in his previous life, when playing for Liverpool, although he performed brilliantly, there were still some problems.
But no matter what, he should be encouraged.
After all, he is only thirty-eight years old now.
Whether it is Villas-Boas or Rogers, young coaches like this should focus on encouragement, because they need to accumulate more experience before they can have their own breakthrough.
As for Gao Shen, although he is younger, who allowed him to have a [tactics library]?
For others, experience requires accumulation, but for him, it is more about studying and reading.
Live until you are old and learn when you are old.
Rogers really didn't expect that Gao Shen would be so frank and easy to talk to. For a moment, he didn't know what to say and could only say thank you twice.
"Come on!" Gao Shen encouraged again, then turned and walked towards his coaching bench.
His players were getting ready to leave the field, and he wanted to go over to greet them.
Behind him, Rogers looked at Gao Shen's back as he turned away gracefully, and suddenly an idea came to his mind.
